Re: Solid Sound Festival (Wilco Fest!)

I just did a search on kayak and I'm finding many nonstop roundtrip flights between LAX and Logan for under $350. But i'm tentatively planning on doing Wednesday-Wednesday so that might make the difference.

Re: Solid Sound Festival (Wilco Fest!)

I don't know much about Dream Syndicate but i'm very interesterd. First North American show in 24 years.

The Dream Syndicate made its splash in 1982 with the debut album “The Days of Wine and Roses,” often cited among the top records in rock history and has been named as a major influence by such bands as Nirvana, Yo La Tengo, the Japandroids and the Black Crowes among many others. The appearance at the Solid Sound Festival is the only US appearance booked for 2013

Re: Solid Sound Festival (Wilco Fest!)

I think the Solid Ground camping isn't very convenient. It's only for 2 nights and you have to pack up your car Sunday before you go into the festival. I have inquired with Historic Valley Campground where I camped in 2010. They were only 2 miles from the fest and they had showers and you could have a fire. If anyone is looking to share a rental car and camping let me know. We would have to coordinate airports as well. So far I can't find anything under $500 or $600 to Albany or BDL. I would rather not fly into Laguardia but so far they are cheapest around $300. Boston is about $350. I'm hoping we get closer to the $250 range at some point with so many airports to choose from.

Re: Solid Sound Festival (Wilco Fest!)

Doing my reasearch - So far i've checked out The Dream Syndicate's The Days of Wine and Roses and Medicine Show and Sam Amidon's I See The Sign and I love all 3! Dream Syndicate is definitely one of those bands making me say "why the fuck haven't I been listening to these guys for 20 years?" (VERY similar to early The Damned records) and Sam Amidon is an incredibly pleasant surprise - dark folk music in the same vein as A.A. Bondy.

The Blisters
Mikael Jorgensen and Greg O’Keeffe
Nels Cline and Julian Lage
Glenn Kotche’s On Fillmore backing a live performance of the public radio show Radiolab
The Autumn Defense
Border Music featuring Mark Ribot and David Hidalgo
Os Mutantes
Medeski, Martin & Wood (and special guests)

Re: Solid Sound Festival (Wilco Fest!)

Wilco’s Friday night set at Solid Sound will be comprised exclusively of fan-requested songs, including covers. The band will take song submissions in advance and promises to learn 50 of those songs for the festival. Then, during the concert, approximately 20 songs will be selected live, at random, for Wilco to perform during its regular set. The encores will feature more fan-requested songs submitted via Twitter, as well as a live version of “Stump the Band” in which audience members will request songs and attempt to stump Wilco, a variation on the original “Stump the Band” segment featured on The Tonight Show. The Solid Sound version will feature modern-day comedic talent John Hodgman standing in for the late-great Johnny Carson, polling audience members for their best song challenges.

This is the first-ever all-request concert by Wilco. It may also be the last.